The High Family Papers include correspondence, business and legal
documents, photographs, realia, and miscellaneous items from 1803-1981.
The families significantly represented in this collection include the
High, Brooks, Denison, and Ringo families. Of particular interest is the
correspondence from Thaddeus Ransome Brooks to his family describing his
experience at Fort Buchanan, Arizona, including relations with the
Pueblo and the Apache and the election of Abraham Lincoln. Also of
interest is the correspondence from Samuel L. Denison to his family
describing his experience in Mexico.